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GPS device guides semi truck driver under a bridge too short
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. – A truck driver who said he was following a new route given by his GPS device crashed his semi full of peat moss into a railroad overpass in Washington County Thursday morning.
The driver said he tried to brake the big rig as it rolled on Southwest Grahams Ferry Road towards the bridge, which had an electronic insufficient height warning system that had activated.
The system flashes a red light at drivers if their vehicle is too big to fit under the overpass.
The driver was unable to stop the truck in time and the impact heavily damaged the trailer, peeling back part of the roof and bending the lower structure of the trailer.
Neither the driver nor his passenger, who was asleep at the time of the impact, were injured.
GPS device guides semi truck driver under a bridge too short | KATU.com - Portland, Oregon | Weird News